I have been offered a job as a software developer with a company in Zürich.
I will continue to live in the UK and will work remotely, but will spend around two weeks every three months in Zürich.
I will be paid a monthly salary, and will be their only employee in the UK.
According to the contract, for the periods that I spend in Switzerland deductions will be made just as they would be for any other employee:
For the other weeks of the year, I will have to take care of doing these correctly myself in the UK.
I am not familiar with such arrangements, and I think that this is a first for the employer too.
Is this the standard way of going about things? It does seem to me that having a salary that is taxed partially in the UK and partially in Switzerland will make things quite complicated for me, and having a pension based on contributions of a mere 8 weeks a year seems inefficient.
Any advice would be appreciated!
I will continue to live in the UK and will work remotely, but will spend around two weeks every three months in Zürich.
I will be paid a monthly salary, and will be their only employee in the UK.
According to the contract, for the periods that I spend in Switzerland deductions will be made just as they would be for any other employee:
- AHV - old-age pension
- ALV - unemployment benefit contributions
- UVG - accident insurance
- KTG - social security sickness contributions
- taxes
For the other weeks of the year, I will have to take care of doing these correctly myself in the UK.
I am not familiar with such arrangements, and I think that this is a first for the employer too.
Is this the standard way of going about things? It does seem to me that having a salary that is taxed partially in the UK and partially in Switzerland will make things quite complicated for me, and having a pension based on contributions of a mere 8 weeks a year seems inefficient.
Any advice would be appreciated!